Chemnitz Christmas Market

Picture: Dirk Hanus | Picture: Maika Schumann | Picture: Dirk Hanus |

28 November to 23 December 2025

Der Chemnitzer Weihnachtsmarkt lockte 2019 zahlreiche Besucher an.
Picture: Igor Pastierovic

In addition to all kinds of Christmas treats and beautiful gift ideas, traditional Erzgebirge folk art in the form of Raachermannln, candle arches and pyramids can be bought at over 200 stalls around Chemnitz Town Hall every year.

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Opening hours 2025

28.11.2025Fri 16 - 20 o'clock
29.11. -
23.12.2025
Mon - Thu 11am - 8pm
Fri - Sat 10 am to 9 pm
Sun 10 am to 8 pm

 

Mountain parade

Die Große Bergparade findet in Chemnitz in jedem Jahr am Vortag des 1. Advents statt.
Picture: Matthias Lippmann

"Good luck! Good luck! - the miner is coming" ... This is how it sounds through Chemnitz city centre every year when the mining parade rings in the Christmas season in the Ore Mountains on the eve of the first Advent. Around 1000 people in uniform and mining musicians form an impressive procession through the city centre.

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Father Christmas

Täglich um 17 Uhr besucht der Weihnachtsmann die Kinder auf der Weihnachtsmarktbühne.
Picture: Matthias Lippmann

Father Christmas visits the children every evening at 5pm and brings a fairytale surprise.

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Historic Christmas market

Reges Treiben bei der Klosterweihnacht in der Inneren Klosterstraße
Picture: Matthias Lippmann

Advent market Anno 1400 - The smell of roasted garlic, fresh bread ...

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Erzgebirge village

Erzgebirgsdorf auf dem Chemnitzer Weihnachtsmarkt
Picture: SEG Unternehmensgruppe

An "Erzgebirgsdorf" has been organised on Düsseldorfer Platz since 2013.

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